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DER LEETLE YALLER HEN.
I lofes to hear meln Helnky sing,
Und Eames, Calve und Sembrich.
I lofes to hear dor mooslc ring
Of Melba, Homer. Helnrich.
I lofes der leetle Sherman bandt
Vat blays so oCful goot.
j Dey busts der buttons off der klose
' To make dem brass horns toot.
But ven it cum to singin' fine
Der leetle yaller hen
Can alvays quickly dake der shins
Oft of dem oprey men.
Und ven she lay der pig vtte egg—
Oeh, mein, she sing so sveet
I dinks she beat der oprey girl
Und bandt out on der street!
C. M. B.
THE EGG FACTORY.
Borne believe the egg originates in
the gizzard, rolls down the intestinal
trolley, pops out the subway at the
terminal and the hen rings up. Built
on the accumulative policy plan, if this
theory were true, the egg should be
three times its present size, as the in
testine is seven feet long, while the
egg canal is but two.
Hear the true story:
The egg begins in two cluster-like
ovaries (1). When fully developed, the
yolk breaks from the ovisac (2), which
THE EGO FACTORY.
holds it to the bunch, slips into the
oviduct (3-C) and, with the gerin for
company, begins its journey to the
cloaca (0), the terminal.
This is a bird's egg view: From 3 to
4 the egg gets the albumen or white:
from 4 to 5. the soft skin; frotn 5 to G,
the hard shell. Sometimes two and
even three yolks enter the oviduct at
once; hence tlie double or triple yolk
egg. Little yolkless eggs are a sign of
diseased or exhausted ovaries.
That blood clot in the egg is not a
germ, but a drop of blooj from a hem
orrhage in the ovl<'aa. Disease of pas
sage from 4 5 means eggs without
the st-i"; :r<>m 5 to <>, no hard shell.
yolk alone means disease of the ;
entire oviduct, probably gangrene.
Lazy breeds, like the Cochin, tint i
their eggs with chocolate. Birds like
the Leghorns are too busy laying to
bother with frills and just manufac
ture the pure white article. Half
breeds and mongrels lay them splash
ed or speckled, lopsided or goose
necked.
We are told that Philadelphia and
Boston phone for brown eggs, New
York scrambles for the pure white
globe, and Chicago takes it mixed. Is
this egg-otism or what?
DON'TS.
Don't get the fits and sell your breed-,
ers because they aren't shoving out;
eggs just now. They are just lying
back to make you happy when the big
hatch and sale rush are on.
"Don't forget that Now Year's resolu |
tlon to keep your poultry house morel
tidy. Yes, it is hard to keep clean, but j
visitors will have a better opinion of j
you, and your liens will pay you back. I
Don't print your Sunday school rec
ord on your business stationery. We
wouldn't trust such a man to take up
a church collection with a cop at his
elbow. Tell the exact truth in an egg
shell.
Don't make yourself out a genius on
another fellow's work. When you
hatch another man's eggs, don't change
the name until you make the stock
better. Better steal a mau's chickens
than his name.
Don't expect to build np a regular
trade in hatching eggs if you cheat. A
big mouth of a mad man stretches s
long way, and you'll find yourself ad
vertised in an awful big space you
didn't contract for. Poor advertising
medium at a big price.
THE WINTER LAYER.
•"When eggs in a farming district av
erage 40 cents, what the dickens Is the
matter with the chickens?" inquires
the ruralite.
"Fresh eggs 75? The hen must be
deteriorating," remarks the city buyer.
Gentlemen, be polite. It's not the
great American hen, but the man be
hind the hen, that's at fault. A hen
can't lay above her capacity. It mat
ters not how or what Is fed. Any old
bunch of feathers will drop eggs in
warm weather, but a winter layer Is a
brain Droduct The hen dates back to
1 Adam, but the winter layer is a mod
ern invention. You can breed winter
layers and perpetunte an egg strain If
you follow our plan. The hen is
j ready.
HEN HISTORY.
To start a line of heavy winter lay
ers we selected a perfectly shaped S.
| C. W. Leghorn hen. She was large,
1 of strong constitution, and her average
was over 200 eggs a year. This was
In the polar region of Pennsylvania,
j where the water mains froze up and
the thermometer ranged from 25 to
33 degrees below zero for a week
at a time. That winter the Clear
field county hens froze up, but ours
rolled out more eggs, their output
always Increasing with the price.
Now, we looked around for a male to
match. He must be standard bred and
come from stock that would also lay
at the arctic circle. We found him up
near Canada in the largest and most
successful White Leghorn egg plant in
the United States. This is our line of
winter layers, and the beautiful hens
sprung from that pair are now work
ing overtime building our bank ac
count.
The hatching season will soon be
here. Remember these simple points:
Breed from the best layers. If long
bred, buy a male of equal or better
strain. Do not mate northern and
southern stock for winter eggs. The
second year mate the cock with his
daughters and the cockerels with the
hens. Do not hatch chicks before the
first week in April, as they will molt
in the fall and be done for winter lay
ing.
NATURE'S EGG FORCE.
Exercise on the scratching floor
brings eggs.
Straw litter two feet deep for adult
fowls, less for young stock, makes a
good playground. If moved too easily,
ruu in a few cornstalks and place
them around the water vessel to keep
away the straw.
Now open the windows; throw in
the grain; see the fun. It beats bar
gain counter cackle, gridiron scrapping
or Wall street scrambles and Cakewalk
; stunts. It warms up the Biddies and
j gives them good digestion in the win- |
| ter and saves the ck from cholera |
; epidemics in the rainy season of wartn
j er climates. Scratch that down.
AN AUTOMATIC EGG PULLER.
Morning—Cracked corn.
Noon—Wheat, buckwheat, barley or oats.
| Night—Crumbly inash.
Morning—Crumbly mash.
Noon—Wheat, buckwheat, barley or oats. I
Night—Cracked corn.
Morning—Wheat, buckwheat, barley or
oats.
Noon—Crumbly mash.
Night—Cracked corn.
Cabbage, cut clover or alfalfa and
grit every day. Grain may be mixed
and always should be fed in litter.
Mash to be cleaned up In fifteen min
utes, except at night when hens should
fill up.
Feed grain sparingly for breakfast
more at noon and all they want at
night. Decide quantity by condition |
of hens and fullness of crop. Always j
| keep them hungry in the daytime,
i Mash formula: Three parts bran, two
parts corn meal, two parts wheat mid
dlings and 10 per cent beef scrap. No j
scrap when feeding cut boue. Feed
cut bone and cabbage sparingly at
first, later all they want. For grain '
and mash hopper feeding use same |
proportions and grains as here shown.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
A gold miner in the Yukon has suc
ceeded in hatching chicks with a tallow j
candle. They will surely lay golden I
eggs.
This his been the greatest show year j
hi the history of poultrydom. The
birds were better, the attendance was
larger, the prizes were more valuable,
and the exhibits were more extensive
and better handled. Congratulations j
all around.
The poultry journnl with 50,000 cir- l
culntion is no rare bird. We devour j
sixteen a month, and they're all tender,
fat and Juicy. Are we tired of poultry? j
Not the way they serve It up. Their !
chefs knocked out the Waldorf-Astoria j
and Believue-Stratford long ago.
It's one thing to call the American
farmer n hnvsoed nn<l sjimv the mwlc
These little hen pen scratcners wnonre
slinging Ink nt the farmer for not be
ing up on hen science remind us of the
elephant and the gnat. "Beg your par
don," said the gnat. "If it's any incon
venience to have me roost on your ear
I'll desist." "Oh, never mind," replied
the elephant. "I didn't know you were
there till you spoke."
Many poultry associations are made
up largely of women. Some of these
have got Inventions on scientific poul
try appliances. Others hold positions on
journal staffs and have books on the
market. The women In all sections are
experts in raising turkeys, ducks and
chickens. One thing the male per
suasion excels them In—that is. shell
game tactics in trade and faking for
shows. Be honest once, gentlemen,
and own up that you lie. But, with all
our imperfections, we love them when
they're still.
.
Cowper's Homo a**Museum'.
The home for many of the poet
Cowper at Olney, Bucks, in England,
has recently undergone a thorough
renovation, conducted on reverent
lines, at the hands of the trustees in
whom it Is vested as a museum, says
the Pall Mall Gazette. Previously only
a part of the building was used, but
now all the rooms nre reserved for the |
exhibition of the many interesting rel
ics of the poet that have been pre
sented. The museum Is especially rich
In manuscripts, early editions of the
poems and tho personal possessions of
Cowper. The exterior of the house has \
also engaged attention, and now as
the result of a careful study of old
prints a restoration to the appearance
presented In the days of Cowper ha*
been effected.
Unseen Hostesses.
A modern hostess may spend the
morning in her bedroom or boudoir,
the afternoon lying down or writing
letters, so long as she appears well
dressed and in good form for dinner,
and not a single guest will miss her if
there nre congenial company and amuse
ment to l»e had, both of whlcfi of
course she has to provide, as It were,
from the background. London By
stander.
BIG POLAR AUTO RACE
Advice For Contestants From
Experienced Arctic Travelers.
USE OF SLEDS SUGGESTED.'
Vancouver Man Tells How Contest
ants In New York to Paris Race Can
Relieve Weight on Autos—Explorer
Says Use Horses to Haul Supplies.
.
Harry G. McLean of Vancouver, B.
| C., who was interviewed nt New York
on the overland automobile race from
New York to Paris, which has been
arranged by the New York Times and
the Matin of Paris, says there are sev
eral tilings necessary for the comfort
of the men on the trip to which atten
tion might well be called.
Mr. McLean has spent a great deal
of time In British Columbia and has
also been In the arctic sections of Alas
' ka. having made several trips to Point ;
Barlow, the extreme northern point j
where many of the whaling fleets make
their headquarters during the whaling
season. He has traveled quite exten
sively by sled and knows many of the
most obscure paths and tmils of the
country that is never without its cov
ering of snow, and therefore his views
may be considered as helping the solu
tion of the problem that faces the men
who will undertake to ma
chines across ice and snow, says the
New York Times.
"The more I think of the trip, of
which I have been reading in one sec
tion of the country and another since
its Inception, the more I am convinced
that It can be made, but it will be
made under conditions never before
met by men. In the first place, the
trip cannot be made unless accompa
nied by guides and sleds, so that every
possible bit of weight can be taken
from the cars—that is to say, that all
camping material, all food and extra
clothing should be hauled on sleds.
"These sled trains can then serve two
purposes—first, to take weight from
the cars and then as scouts and trail
breakers, so to speak, going ahead of
the cars and, to a certain extent, pick
ing out the best way for the machines
togo and in a very small way break
ing the trail of the snow.
"The sleds more commonly In use in
the arctic regions ure from nine to ten
feet long and twenty-two Inches wide,
the runners about twelve Inches deep
and the sides about eighteen Inches
high. The sled proper is an open
framework of oak or hickory, no more
wood being used than is absolutely
necessary. All the parts are lashed to
gether with strips of sealskin or walrus
hide. Few or no nails are used; so,
while the sled is very strong, it is also
flexible and able to withstand the
rough usage to which it Is constantly
subjected in traveling. In passing I
might Interject tliat the automobile
construction should receive a thought
in this direction of elasticity, for there
are some terrible wrenches to be under
gone. The sled cover, of light drilling,
is made largo enough to spread all over
the whole length of the sled on the bot
tom.
"Incidentally, harnessing the dogs to
the sleds, which it is well to know j
about, for the natives cannot be en- ;
tlrely depended to stick to the Job, Is ;
quite an Interesting undertaking. The
harness is made of strips of heavy
ticking, canvas, sennit or seal hide and
Is all in one piece for each dog. A :
strip goes around the dog's neck and
crosses in front of the chest, where the
two parts are fastened together to
form a collar. The ends then go under- I
neath the fore legs and lead up, one on
each side, to the dogs back. Another
strip is fastened to the top of the col
lar at the back of the neck and leads
along the back to meet the other two
euds, and here all three pieces are se
cured together and made fast to a '
small piece of rope about two feet long.
"In harnessing a dog the collar Is put
on over the head, each of his fore feet j
put through one of the loops formed
by the euds coming together, and he Is !
ready to be made fast to the sled. A
larger rope, the length of which de
pends upon the number of dogs to lie
used, Is made fast to the front of the !
sled, and to this is secured the small I
rope of the dog's harness, the dogs be- j
lng yoked in pairs, one on each side of j
the central rope. The team generally j
consists of an odd number of dogs, the |
odd dog being hitched to the central !
line in front of the other dogs and acts
as a leader. This plan is used by the
white people in the lower Yukon and
is considered better than the plan of
the natives of hitching the dogs one
ahead of the other.
"Another thing of importance next
to the food is the camp gear to be
used when stops are made for the
night where there are no native huts
or other shelter; of course, tents to
accommodate each party—that Is, the
party in each machine. But this is
added weight to the equipment to be
carried on the sleds and can easily be
done away with. The favorite way of
the Eskimos for camping in that part
of the country is to build snow houses
at night when they get ready to stop.
"The wind ✓packs the snow so hard
that it can easily be cut into blocks
with a long knife. From these blocks
in a short time can be constructed a
small strong bouse, the cracks being
stopped up with loose snow, which
freezes (prickly, and for the door a
lurtrp lilnolr nf unnu- oulwa jto<wl
ims way uae nouse is made practically
air tight. Soon the warmth of the
bodies of three or four people will
raise the temperature of the place so
that it Is fairly comfortable, and some
of the clothing can be removed. On
account of the difficulties of construc
tion a snow house cannot be made as
large as a tent, but where .there Is no
tent snow houses are a necessity, and
whatever discomforts they entail are
passed oft as unavoidable and not
thought of.
"Taking it all In all, In traveling In
the arctic regions philosophical com
mon sense is as great a help to living
as it is elsewhere. If one Is subjected
to miserable discomforts It must be re
garded simply as a part of the life.
"There is one other thing to which 1
would like to call attention if I may.
It is always well before starting out to
resume the Journey in the morning to
take as much tea and water as one
can hold. It is impossible to get water
during the day without stopping to
7>nlM a Urn and molt the RIIOW Unless
one carries a tlusk Inside the clothing,
and this stopping uses up time.
"Snow is bad for the month anil In
| time makes It sore. liesldes not Iwlng
sufßMent to quench the thirst except
: for the moment. The worst feature of
i eating snow Is that If one gives way to
the temptatlou there is no stopping for
| the rest of the day, for, while It
I quenches the thirst for the time being,
it only servos to Increase It In the long
run, and Bhortly after taking some
snow one Is more thirsty than before.
"I found that by drinking In the
morning I seldom was thrlsty until
night and had no great desire to drink
unless a halt was made in the middle
of the day and a Are started for tea."
Evelyn Brlggs Baldwin, arctic ex
plorer, who was the meteorologist with
the I*eary expedition of 1883-4, second
In command of the Wellman expedi
tion of 1808-0 and leader of the Bald
win-Zlegler polar expedition of 1901-2,
said the other day In speaking of the
New York to Paris automobile race:
"I think the race Is entirely feasible.
Having passed so much time In the
arctic region, I naturally feel I am
competent to Judge of the likelihood of
the contestants In the race getting suc
cessfully through the upper part of
Alaska and Siberia, although, of course,
arctic explorers {lave not much to do
with automobiles, as will be readily
understood.
"I think the contestants would find
their journey greatly aided If they
make use of horses whenever such use
might be necessary. On the Baldwln-
Zlegler expedition 1 caused a number
of tough little ponies to be purchased
in Siberia and shipped to the north,
where we made excellent use of them.
"They are extremely hardy, and one
pony will haul as much as one entire
dog team, or about 800 or 000 pounds.
They do not 'eat their heads off/ as
the saying goes, and compressed hay
can IKS carried along on the loads. If
the occasUfn arises they can lie utilized
for food, as was done on the Zlegler-
Buldwln expedition, and those who ate
the meat were not aware that they
were not eating beef until some time
afterward.
"Reindeer cannot haul much more
than ninety or a hundred pounds, so
It will be seen at once how great an
advantage it is to have ponies instead
of reindeer. I paid nbout SSO apiece
for ponies in Siberia. Eskimo dogs
cost me about 93 each In Greenland,
but much more than that to have
them delivered on board our ship.
"By taking ponies along with them
the contestants In the forthcoming
race will fiud their troubles greatly
lessened, for the animals will extri
cate them from many bad places In
the road. The horses will travel on
an average almost as far each day as
can the autolsts with their machines
through the worst parts of their trip
that is, In Alaska and In northeastern
Siberia. •
"The party must have some means
of transporting e.xtru parts for their
automobiles, food and other necessities,
for they cannot carry sufficient sup
plies of this kind on the machines
without loading them down so that
good progress will lie Impossible. If
horses are not utilized, dog teams
will have to lie used, and they are not
as serviceable, need more looking after
and collectively will eat more than
will a Siberian pony.
"As for obtaining them, they could
bo purchased In western Siberia and
sent along the route through northeast
ern Siberia, say, as far as the Kolyma
river, where the nutolsts could be met.
As the ponies would not be needed
until next fall, there would be plenty
of time to send them from i>olnts
where they might be purchased to the
Kolyma river or thereabout.
"Of course I am most anxious that
the American contestants shall win,
but whatever their nationality I hope
that the best sportsmen and those who
do best shall be victors."
SURGEONS' CHARGES.
Method by Which, It Is Said, the Fee*
Are Regulated.
Frequently laymen who have had oc
casion to settle the bills of surgeons
upon whom they have called In ex- 1
tremlties to use the knife are heard
to complain against what they call
"the exorbitant charges of surgeons."
A skilled surgeon may charge $250
for a simple appendicitis operation, j
The patient who never thinks of com- i
plaining until he is convalescent, ob-;
jects oftentimes to paying the bill, j
lie says, "It Is outrageous for a sur
geon to charge $250 for half an hour's
work."
The question of surgeons' fees often
puzzles a patient He knows of one
man upon whom a surgeon of wide
reputation has operated and charged
only $75. He may know of another
who has paid SI,OOO for the same op
eration. He cannot figure It out.
Vet surgeons of known ability and
national, perhaps International, fame
have a general plan in charging foi
operations. Their prices range from j
nothing to $5,000. They will operate j
without any question of willingness oi!
ability to pay in any case where thej
situation is imperative. Afterward;
they will present the bill. The genera! ]
public does not understand how a sur
geon will charge one man SSO, anothei |
$250 and another $5,000.
Surgeons have a fixed price scheme. I
They aim to charge the patient about I
one month's Income. They figure thai i
any person who Is in such bad condi
tion as to be forced to submit ton'
surgical operation surely can afford to
give one month's Income. They ascer
tain roughly what a man makes pei
month and send In a bill for that
amount. The man whose Income le
but SSO a month pays SSO. The man
who gets $5,000 Is asked to pay $5,000
—and generally objects, even though
he should know that his life Is worth
as much proportionately as that of his
poorer fellow.—Chicago Tribune.
Quaritch, the Bookseller,
There is a characteristic story told
of the bookseller Bernard Quaritch,
who, when he first went to England
from Germany, served In the establish
ment of Bohn. His employer was not
too well pleased when he discovered
that his had determined to set'
up for himself. "It's like your Impu
dence," said Bohn. "I'd have you
know that I'm the first bookseller In
Englund." "Yes." said Quaritch, "but
I'm going to be the first bookseller In
Europe"—and he certainly made good
that declaration.
THE SHIPS OF TYRE.
Types of These Vessels Still In Uh In
the Far East.
Away back, even when Solomon was
j king In Israel, the ships of Tyre,
manned by brave Phoenician sailors,
I went through the prehistoric canal
where the Suez channel Is now and
navigated from China clear nround to
England.
Their ships were the models for
Greece and Home and later for Venice,
the Spaniards and the Portuguese.
Only the Englishman Improved on
shipbuilding, and from him nil mod
ern models have dated.
In the old Trye models the wnlst of
tho ship was low, so the oars could
get good play on tho surface of the
ocean, and the sterns were lofty, so ns
to give room for stowing cargoes anc 1
to provide dry quarters for the upper
mariners.
As wind power came Into use the
waist grew higher and the poop deck
disappeared. Step by step from galley
to caravel, from caravel to frigate, the
British shipwrights improved on the
ships of Tyre.
But In the far east the models have
remained much the same, and the ship
makers of Persia and India have stuck
to the old "\j-rlan models to the pres
ent day.
Today their high square Bterns re
call the ships of Columbus. The mar
iners still have to get out of sight of
land and * teer by stars and the feel of
the wind on cloudy nights. They sai
around Trinidad and carry pilgrims to
Mecca.
These vessels, on which the queen of
Sheba might have traveled to visit
Solomon, are used by native Hindoos,
Arabs and by the peoples of Indo-
Chlna.
On board the captalu, his men, the
cargoes, pilgrims and sheep, asses and
other live stock live In a proximity
that would stir an American's stomach
to Immediate rebellion. Nashville
American.
A burglar who entered tile "home of
Mrs. Mary McDade In Pittsburg the
other morning had gathered together
silverware and Jewelry and was about
to depart when he saw a photograph
of Miss Margaret McDade, the eighteen
year-old daughter of Mrs. McDade,
says a Pittsburg special dispatch to
the New York Times. The picture
showed Miss McDade In a bathing cos
tume. It appealed to him more than
did the gold, so he took the picture
and left everything else behind. He
also left a note, In which he said:
Dear Miss— l bad Intended to carry off
all this Junk that I have gathered to
gether until I discovered this picture.
What la mere gold compared with such a
face and suoh a figure? Keep your gold—
I want none of It. But I must keep this
picture, and It win be more to me than
all tho gold In the universe.
Mrs. McDade turned the note over to
the police, but they are not making a
great effort to locate the burglar.
CEMETERY FOR DOGS.
Massachusetts Woman to Establish
Institution Like One In Paris.
Having received encouragement from
prominent persons In various sections
of the United States, Mrs. G. 11. Shap
ley announces, according to a special
dispatch from Newton, Mass., to the
New York Herald, that she will estab
lish at Newtonvtlle, Mass., a cemetery
for dogs. Mrs. Shapley Is widely
known as the owner of Pinkie, the
smallest dog In the world, which died
Borne time ago. Ever since Mrs. Shap
ley started the Idea of a burying
ground for dogs many prominent per
sons have assured her of their help.
"I have quite a private burying
ground of my own," said Mrs. Shap
ley.' "Six of my dogs are buried In a
vacant lot behind my house. This lot
has some of the features of the Paris
burying ground that so Interested me.
It slopes down to a small lake and
could easily be made Just like the fa
mous dog cemetery In Paris."
THE ENCORE HABIT.
How Sims Reeves Turned the Tables
on One of His Admirers.
Sims Reeves, who in his day was ac
cepted as the most celebrated tenor on
the concert stage, was so much of a
favorite that whenever he sang he was
usually greeted with a hearty encore,
accompanied with enthusiastic cheers.
Beeves was very good uatured about
the matter, but he made It a rule never
to sing more than one selection when
he felt that his voice was not in first
class shape. He happened to notice
that an elderly man, who turned out
to be a dealer In hats along the Strand,
London, attended nearly every concert
within convenient distance if Sims
Reeves happened to be on the bill and
generally led the encore brigade. This
hatter was a persistent person and of
ten applauded until he had forced
Reeves to respond to double and triple
encores.
Determined to teach the little hatter
a lesson, one afternoon just ns dark
was approaching Reeves entered his
admirer's store and said, "One hat
please," naming the particular shape
which he desired. The little hatter
didn't recognize the great tenor and
handed out one hat.
"Good," said Reeves. "llow much
is this hat?"
"Five shillings," said the store pro
prietor.
"Encore," said Reeves.
A second hat was forthcoming, and
Reeves ultimately obtained three "en
core" hats. When the little hatter de
manded £1 sterling for the purchases
Reeves pretended to lie furious.
"Send these four hats to this ad
dress," ordered the tenor In terrible
tone, "but I only pay for one hat Do
you understand? The three other hats
are 'encore' hats. If you make me sing
songs for nothing you must send me
hats fos nothing."
The little hatter was speechless.—
Portland Oregonian.
Chance For Title Seekers.
The Chinese government Is consider
ing the sale of honorary titles, and It
Is suggested, says the Peking corre
spondent of the Shanghai Mercury,
that the title of marquis might be sold
for a million taels.
New Adage by John W. Gates.
"When the American people start In
to wear their old clothes," says John
W. Gates, "it docs not take long to
bring business back to normal."
OK Til K
DIRECTOR'S Of THE POOR
op
Danville and Mahoning Poor Dis
trict for the Year Ending
Jan. 1, 190 .
.1. I*. BARB, Treasurer,
n account with the Director* of the Dan
ville and Mahoning Poor District.
DR.
To balance due Director** at last Bottle
iuent t '>4o 49
To cash received from return taxes. 16 48
To cash received from M. Cromwell.. 6483
To cash receivec from Com ley Young. 2.100
To cash from other dlst i let* is* :<»»
To cash received from J. I'. Hare, Halm
Estate r. oo
To cash received from Gregory dowery 14 o*J
To cash received from farm 58321
To cash received from E. W. Peterson
duplicate lor 190.> 57C0 00
To essh received from J. 11.I 1 . Hare on
duplicate for 1906 756 15
To cash received from J. P. Hare on
duplicate for 1907 57 00
To cash received fro n Chas Uitermil
ler on duplicate for 1906 40 21
To cash received fronChas. L'ttermll
ler on duplicate for 1907 WW 15
% KOB9 09
CR.
By whole amount of orders paid by the
Treasurer during the year 1007 7696 15
Hal due Directors at present settlement 5992 01
Directors of Danville and Mahoning
Poor District in Account with the
District.
Dli.
To balance due from Treasurer at last
settlement 510 40
To balance due from E. U. iWertman
at last settlement on duplicate for
the year 1005 j 92
To balance due from K. W. Peters at
last settlement on duplicate for
the year 1005 93 91
To balance due from Chas. Uttcrmil
ler at last settlement on duplicate
for the loot) 51 Us
To balance due from J. P. Hare at last
j settlement on dupliccte for the
year 1906 834 89
To amount of duplicate issued J. P.
Hare for the Borough of Danville
for Ihe year 1907 6866 87
Amount of duplicate issued Chas I't
termiller for the township of Ma
honing for the year 1907 800 '*'•
To cash received from return tax 10 4*
To cash received from Mary Cromwell. 64 83
To cash received from Com ley Voung 25 00
To cash received from other districts . I*B 36
To cash received from J. P. Bare to
Halm 600
To cash received from Gregory est.... 11«»»
To cash received from farm 583 21
410090 00
CR.
By commission allowed K.W. Peterson
on duplicate for the year 1905 4 70
By commission allowed J. P. Hare on
duplicate for the year 1906 89 79
By Exonerations allowed J. P. Hare on
duplicate for the year 1906 31 35
By amount Returned of J. P. Hare on
on duplicate for the year 1900 7 60
By abatement allowed J. P. Bare of
5 per cent on 85370 56 on duplicate
for year 1907 1568 52
By commission allowed J. P. Hare
of 2 per cent on 5102 04 on duplicate
for tlie year 1907 102 04
By commission allowed J. P. Bare of
5 per cent on 736 84 on duplicate for
year 1907. 36 81
By amount return by J. P. Bare on
duplicate for the year 1907 7 93
Hy balance due from J. P. Bare for
lUO7 7 r »l 52
Hy commission allowed Chas. Utter
miller of 5 per cent on 42 31 on dup
licate for the year 1906 211
Hy amount return l>y Chas. Uttermll
ler on duplicate for year 1906 2 00
Hy exoneration allowed Chas. I.'tter
miner on duplicate for ye ir 1906 7 06 |
Hy abatement allowed Chas Utterinil
ler on 49176 on duplicate for the
year 1907 24 59
Hy commission allowed Chas Utter
mi ller on Iti* 17 for the year 1907.... 1102 .
By commission allowed chas Utter
miller on 223 15 for the year 1907... 11 75
Hy balance due from Chas Uttermil
ler on duplicate for 1907 85 6o ,
Hy exonerations allowed E G. Wert
man for the year 1906 4 92
By orders paid by Treasurer during the
year 1907 7096 15
By balanoe due Directors at present »' >
settlement 992 91 J
10090 90 j
Statement of Orders timed during the
year 1007. Paid and outstanding and i
purposes for which the same
were issued
Directors Salaries $ 500 00
Stewurd 300 00 I
Attorney 75 00
Physicians.... 140 00
Treasurer 75 00!
Clerk 75 00
Auditing unit Duplicate IK no
Transient Paupers »' 4 25
Justices 23 50
llorse Hire 12 00
Miscellaneous Items 9 25
Printers bills 55 oo
Kent 25 00
Insurance 10 40.
Paid otlier Districts 3ssi
Expenses in settlement of cases 74 75
1235196 j
Outside Relief as Follows:
Medicine 3200 '
(-oat and Wood 137 69
Shoes and Clothing 23 95
Undertaker..# 3750
In sane at Hospital 3143 75
General Merchandise 690 01
40t>4 90 ,
For Maintenance of Poor House and:
Farm.
Seeding Grain and Plants 47 40
Lime ami Manure 309 75
shoes and Shoe Repairing 5 90 j
Blacksmith hills 60 20
House and Farm Hands 445 3:!
Farm implements and Hardware IH3 77
nothing 73 75
Coal 35163
Improvement* and repairs 223 72
Drug Store bills 1035
Tobaooo 1870
New Furniture 150 75 |
Meat bill 135 94
Veterinary 18 50
General Merchandise 296 36
Flour and Feed 8325 I
8239529
P. M. KERNS, i
THK< >. 111 >FFM AN - Directors !
H. W1 REMAN. I
We, the Auditors of the Borough of Danville
and Township of Mahoning have examined
the above accounts and rind them correct.
JOHN L.JONES, i
M. GRANTGULICK, VAuditors.
• M. P. SCOTT, I
Statement of Real Estate and Personal j
Property on hand at date of
Settlement.
Real Estate $22500 00 j
Houne and Kitchen Furniture l&to oo i
Hay and Grain i;&9 22
Farming Utensils 135*98
Livestock 171") I*s
Vegetables 107 75 |
Meat and Lard 100 02 I
Clothing and Material 4040
Fruit. Preserves, &c 19 55
Vinegar 3500
Sauer Kraut .* 16 00
Lumber 20 00
Separator 8500
Coal 99 00
Tobacco 14 40)
Flour & Feed 6fe
Engine 2.10 00
♦29440 22
Produce Jiaised.
325 Heads Cabbage | 1625
82 Tons Hay 692 00
24|8 bushels Potatoes , 14580
12 bushels Onions;*.... , 000
421 bllshels of W heat...; 3 «.» 95
16 bushels Rye .7... 12 80
7l3ba*hels Oats... »" 294 55
1306 Dushelf Corn ears.*; 4si 25
310 bushels Beet* 77 30
50Gal. Sauer Kraut 25 00
AO Munches Celerv . .... 25 00'
14 b 1,1 she 1 Onlou Sets 3 00
1 bushel of Hcans. 1 50
H bushel Dried <£ttrn.. 150
5 bushel Tomat 'es 125
866 lbs- Butter 216 50
•JIO Dot KififS 4gno
HIUO HurulU'scorn fodder nvsoo
H5
j , Stock United.
"aiJT?!;;:;: 'SE
, ,!i{
urkt.yn ij on
*175 no
I rf'?/* 0 " 1 n, * during the year 1907 II
i *.*.*/ "//./.v.v.'.'.v/.v.v.'.v •]
| Number in House Jan. Ist. ijVIT il
... " ** Jan. Int. |9ok . 17
I raiiipK Relieved during Hie ye n IW»., .
i>ilght lodgings ftiinlHhr.l Trnmi>*.. .. 217
j Mealg ftirntHbeU Tramw
A WITTY JUDGE.
Hl* Conclusions on the Evidence of
Ditto and True.
The late Hon. Nonh Davis, well
known throughout the country as the
Judge who tried and sentenced Boss
i Tweed, was Justly celebrated In many
ways. He was of that type of Jurist
; for which western New York was
famed during the half century follow
Inc 1850. Orleans county Is proud of
him as one of her noblest nnd most dls
tlngulshed sons. He was slightly
above medium height, full habited.
1 large head, fine, clenn cut face—lndeed,
a striking figure In any community. He
was a well read lawyer, an honest,
fair minded Judge, with a keen sense
of humor and withal something of a
j writer and poet. The following lines
from his pen, written on the spur of
the moment and In the midst of a trial,
illustrate the alertness and <iuality of
his mind. They are perhaps the best
play upon words of which we have any
record In the English language.
It was at the Niagara circuit in the
early seventies. Judge Davis presided.
An action in ejectment was called.
The dispute was over a party wall 01
a division line. It was purely a quer
! tlon for the civil engineer. The divi
, slow line established nnd the case was
, won. The defendant's attorney, realiz
j ing this, called as expert witnesses the
| Hon. John A. Ditto, city engineer of
Buffalo, and the Hon. A. R. True, the
engineer who constructed the canta
lever bridge over Niagara river at the
falls. They were two of the most emi
nent civil engineers in the state. They
made a survey of the premises and es
j tabiished the division line as contended
for by the defendant and when called
to the witness stand so testified, giving
| monuments, courses and distances with
such minute exactness that they could
not be successfully controverted. The
: moment True, who followed Ditto as a
I witness, left the stand, Judge Davis
I wrote these linos and passed them to
the clerk to hand to plaintiff's counsel:
Since True swears ditto to Ditto,
And Ditto swears ditto to True,
It Truo be true and Ditto be ditto,
I think they're too many for you.
—Daniel n. McMillan in Buffalo Truth.
JOKE ON BRIDAL COUPLE.
Steamer Passengers Asked to Treat
Them Kindly "For Mother's Sake."
When Miss Adelaide Derringer and
! William Wallace Gray of Baltimore
suddenly determined to wed nnd to
travel in the south, the couple thought
| they had fooled their friends, says a
; special dispatch to the New York Her
ald.
! When they boarded the steamer Itas
ka the other night, they found posted
about the ship and in the hauds of all
the passengers and officers this type
| written notice:
"Mr and Mrs. William Wallace Gray
being on their honeymoon, having lieeu
: married today at 4 o'clock at the Marl
borough apartment house, are natural
ly a little bashful as well as nervous.
| It would therefore be considered a
: kindness by her mother and his moth
; er If their fellow passengers would
show consideration for their welfare.
You may feel safe that any attention
shown them will be well received.
I"The newly married couple occupy
stateroom No. 2.5. He Is about five feet
ten inches in height, weighs al>out 185
pounds and has fairly light hair. She
Is about five feet five Inches In height,
weighs about 11(1 pounds and has dark
hair. In conclusion, would ; you
please to l>e kind to them, a» tber
have never been out of this city (Bal
timore) before."
Plan to Buy Piano For a School.
The children of the public schools at
Swedesboro. N. J.. are having the time
of their lives, says a special dispatch
to the St. Louis Republic. All day
they can sit in school and chew gum or
eat candy, and when their supply runs
out they can goto their teacher and
buy more, for every teacher now runs
a confectionery store and sells the
children all the candy they wish to
buy. The profit is to be .used to
purchase a piano for the $33*000 school
house now In the course of erection.
Of course the rule forbidding children
eating in school hours has not been re
voked. but under the present circum
stances It Is but natural that the teach
ers cannot always see when the nil®
Is being broken.
Canada's New Mint.
The new Canadian mint has been
opened at Ottawa. A refinery will be
built within the mint within the next
few months. Electricity will be used
to refine the gold and silver. Th®
mint turns out what Is the first actual
Canadian coinage.
HIS 11!
A Flolla ble
TIN SHOP
ror all kind of Tin Roofing*
Spoutlne and Ofcnoral;
Jot Wortf. +*
Stoves, Hoatora, Ran«M>
Furnaces, oto.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
' QBiLITf TUB BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
SO. 11» fc FBOHT gL